Not only does the Allied Studio look for ways to integrate inter disciplinary approaches into our design of architecture, but, we also take this Allied Approach to all the possible parts of understanding our project.

The plan and section showing sight and sound measurements of HSA highlight how as designers we rely on the integration of all our senses, in order to understand three dimensional space.

What kinds of spaces can you then imagine through these analyses, without having your eyes inform you of its three dimensional quality ?

Today some of us had the opportunity to attend the Open House NY tours of new theaters around the city. Since we are redesigning the black box theater at HSA, we are all faced with the task of understanding how to design these spaces for optimal acoustic quality, opportunity for flexible use of...

As of last week, we have now been paired off into interdisciplinary teams of three for the remainder of this project. With our first group desk crit tomorrow, many of us are settling in for a long night ahead! A walk through the studio will reveal all kinds of exciting models and drawings that...

Yesterday all the research teams presented their investigations on HSA. Now that we have all seen the analysis, it is time to look and begin design. Pictured: Shu Zhao The model team built an awesome 1/8"=1' scale model featuring removable parts to access all parts of the building and...

The first part of the design process involves careful investigation of the project site. One of the many aspects explored in the past week and a half was the current electric lighting in the interior and exterior of the building. One aspect of our process: The particular section drawing...

I think (hope!) I speak for everyone when I say how excited our ALLIED Studio (made up of Masters students in the Architecture, Lighting Design and Interior Design programs) is to be collaborating with Harlem School of the Arts this semester as it looks ahead to plan for its next 50 years. &nbsp...

About this Blog

This blog details the semester-long work of the Allied Studio, a cross-disciplinary effort of the MFA programs in Lighting Design, Interior Design, and the Master of Architecture program at the School of Constructed Environments in New York City. For the fall term students are re-visioning the Harlem School of the Arts in Manhattan, a pioneer of childhood education in the fields of music, dance, theater, and the visual arts.